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Ask HN: Location Based Dating?
Hi HN-
I posted this last night, but didn't really get much response. I figured I'd give it one more shot, since I think there is some upside to this idea. Obviously I wanted the opinion of the collective.
So, A buddy of mine recently told me to take a look a blippy. I liked it, kind of. In any case, I thought that this voyeuristic (or insane sharing) impulse could be put to use for dating. What does that mean? Well I think with user's permissions you could attach to their foursquare, blippy etc. (or use the api if one exists), gather up their recent check-ins/location data, and then compare with other people who have similar habits. People with the highest matches could be recommended first etc. etc.
Yes/No/Already Exists? What do we think?
- noodle 17y agoi don't think it is an idea that will, by itself, sustain a dating site. it is a good single facet, as things like this do help when pairing people, but it misses other facets that combine to make a good match. i think that an interesting idea might be to combine hyper-personal data like this into a site that is more closed and private. can't freely browse people and the data they submit, you only get algorithmically matched up to a handful of people per time period. that would address one of the bigger issues with dating sites, i think, which is that people don't tend to get good matches because they don't feel comfortable putting their entire personality out on display to the internets-at-large. just my $0.02, though. wanted to give some kind of input since you were having trouble getting some before.